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Chef Raz Shabtai celebrating his Michelin star at Mutra in Florida on May 28, 2026. (X/Screenshot/Hen Mazzig)
May 29, 2026, 1:43 pm
Miami chef earns first Michelin star ever for kosher restaurant
‘Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories,’ says Raz Shabtai, whose restaurant, Mutra, is also the first anywhere to get a 2026 Michelin star
By ToI Staff
Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89 in December 2025. (Kitchenwise by Helen Nash)
December 10, 2025, 7:37 am
Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89
In her three cookbooks, Nash redefined modern kosher cooking by incorporating global flavors
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Hody Nemes stands in front of Hersh's Fridge, a community fridge that serves needy people in Chicago. (Courtesy Nemes)
November 11, 2025, 4:05 pm
‘Hersh’s Fridge’: Chicago teens memorialize slain hostage with public kosher food project
Pioneering initiative supplies kosher food to any who are in need, as cuts to US anti-hunger program create a crisis for some local families
By Orlie Weitzman
A dairy cow in New Vienna, Iowa, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
April 26, 2025, 1:59 am
Could FDA changes cause observant US Jews to sour on uncertified milk?
Orthodox Union, most recognizable rabbinical certifier in the country, says phones won’t stop ringing since a halt to certain inspections called the status of dairy into question
By PHILISSA CRAMER
The Auschwitz Jewish Center in Oswiecm, Poland receives about 1% of the 2.3 million visitors who come to the former death camp each year. (Courtesy of the Auschwitz Jewish Center via JTA)
April 16, 2025, 10:30 am
80 years after Auschwitz was liberated, kosher food returns to its town of Oswiecim
Auschwitz Jewish Center, housed in last remaining synagogue near site of Nazi death camp, will have kosher food available for visitors, starting ahead of Yom HaShoah this month
By Shira Li Bartov
Social media influencer and motivational speaker Chris Caresnone, also known as the Babka King. (Courtesy)
January 24, 2025, 3:59 am
The ‘Babka King’ is bridging cultural gaps on Instagram — one blintz at a time
Chris Caresnone has grown a social media following of over half a million posting about foods from different cultures — and has been welcomed into the Jewish community
By Cathryn J. Prince
Genie Milgrom holding a plate of Chuletas. (Courtesy of Genie Milgrom)
December 29, 2024, 1:37 am
Cookbook author proves it’s possible to make delicious — and kosher — Cuban cuisine
New recipe compilation ‘Salsa!’ is the result of decades of trial and error to adapt beloved Cuban dishes so that they retain their layered flavor — minus the pork and shellfish
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Exterior view of Patis Bakery on 93rd and Amsterdam, on a stretch of Manhattan's Upper West Side peppered with kosher restaurants and businesses. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
June 22, 2024, 9:37 pm
New York kosher bakery chain Patis files for bankruptcy
With 11 stores across New York and New Jersey, chain is famous for its high-quality pastries
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The new design for Manischewitz matzah boxes (left) next to the old design. (Courtesy: Manischewitz)
April 23, 2024, 12:14 pm
Why does that Manischewitz matzah box look so different?
After years of bumpy business, the company, which specializes in making kosher-for-Passover food, seeks to expand business into new markets
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Jackie Hajdenberg
Olivia Ostrow sits in the kitchen of her namesake Ostrow Brasserie, a kosher French restaurant in Miami. (Courtesy Salar A - Miami Creative Agency)
April 10, 2024, 9:26 pm
Chef serves up kosher French food off the beaten path in Miami
Olivia Ostrow dishes up duck confit, beef Bourguignon and truffle and artichoke risotto in a space where diners won’t have to fear running into their child’s Hebrew school teacher
By Sara Liss
On their hands and knees, a group of Jewish volunteers scrub pro-Palestinian graffiti from the sidewalk outside of Effy's Café, a kosher restaurant on the Upper West Side, March 17, 2024. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
March 19, 2024, 6:37 am
Kosher restaurant on NYC’s Upper West Side vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti
Locals clean up graffiti at Effy’s, call it ‘the next step of what the antisemites are doing’ after tearing down posters of hostages; NYPD probing vandalism as hate crime
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Chef Michael Solomonov. (Photo credit: Steve Legato)
January 18, 2024, 12:43 pm
Celebrity chef’s Zahav hummus hits shelves despite war protests
Beard Award-winning Israeli-American Michael Solomonov brings renowned chickpea dip to Whole Foods, even as his restaurant and other brands are targeted by pro-Palestinian groups
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Times Square outpost of Eyal Shani's fast-casual restaurant, Miznon, is becoming certified kosher. (Ben Sales/JTA)
January 11, 2024, 4:05 pm
Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant Miznon is going kosher
Observant foodies are all wrapped up in the news that the famed gourmet pita restaurant is to be certified starting on Jan. 21
By Rachel Ringler
Salt beef sandwich on a bagel from Deli 613 in Dublin. (Courtesy)
September 20, 2023, 1:23 am
Ireland just got its first kosher restaurant in decades and it’s getting rave reviews
Located in Dublin’s Chabad House, Deli 613 provides a much-needed option and a communal gathering spot for local Jews – while earning mainstream praise for its culinary excellence
By Jacob Judah
Orthodox Union's Rabbi Menachem Genack, left, visits Israeli startup SuperMeat as part of the company's kosher certification process. (Courtesy/SuperMeat)
September 6, 2023, 8:47 pm
In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat
Israeli startup SuperMeat’s chicken products sidestep restrictions on using parts of living animals by growing meat from egg stem cells
By Luke Tress
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